The troops of the 11th (Western Australian) and 12th (Tasmanian) battalions spent another strenuous day yesterday. Although they did not indulge in any spectacular ...
Article : 2,373 wordsYesterday morning Bremer Bay and Ravensthorpe reported light rain, but over the remainder of the State fine weather had prevailed during the previous 48 hours. ...
Article : 1,081 wordsProbate has been granted to the will of the late Sir Richard McLaurin under which the estate valued at £68,889 is bequeathed in equal shares to the testator's five sons. ...
Article : 378 wordsThis morning two Austrians, Matt Dressa and Yozo Skioza, quarrelled in the Tivoli Dining Rooms, in Dugan-street, and in the course of the altercation Skioza drew ...
Article : 162 wordsThe R.M.S. Niagara, which arrived from Vancouver, via Auckland, yesterday, brought further particulars of the taking of Samoa, and the landing of the New ...
Article : 559 wordsOne of the most recent and impartial views of Germany and her people is that given by Price Collier, an American, in his book, "Germany and the Germans" (1913). ...
Article : 1,180 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Scaddan) yesterday received the following cable message from the High Commissioner for the Commonwealth:—"In regard to vessels interned in ...
Article : 147 wordsAt His Majesty's Theatre this evening the Allen Doone Company will present "Barry of Ballymore," a romantic Irish play. The booking arrangements are ...
Article : 421 wordsAt a committee meeting of the Merredin Rifle Club it was decided to take immediate steps to form a branch of the Patriotic Fund in this district and, in furtherance ...
Article : 109 wordsIn connection with the advertisement of the Commission appointed under the Foodstuffs Commission. Act, 1914, calling upon all persons holding more than stipulated ...
Article : 178 wordsThe defence set up in the libel action brought by Mr. W. A. Watt claiming £5,000 damages from the proprietors of the "Age" was ordered to be amended by ...
Article : 56 wordsLientenant Gran, the Norwegeian explorer-airman, flew from Scotland to Norway recently. "He left Crden Bay, Aberdeenshire, at 1.8 p.m. and arrived at ...
Article : 724 wordsA meeting of consigness of cargoes ex the German steamers Thuringen at Fremantle, and the Berkenfels and the Hamm, at Capetown, will be held in the office of ...
Article : 194 words"It is interesting at this moment to see a study published recently by the statistician, Professor Balled, of Berlin, on the question of Germany's food supply in time ...
Article : 158 wordsA correspondent signing himself "Hand to Mouth Tradesman" writes:—"Does the moratorium proposed by the Premier mean that the people will be exempted from ...
Article : 316 wordsThe Premier has received form the Commonwealth authorities a telegram of over 1,200 words relating to an amended proclamation issued by His Majesty the ...
Article : 606 wordsAn extremely interesting article in the London "Statist" shows how overwhelmingly the United States are bound to benefit by the war in Europe. "The course of ...
Article : 1,135 wordsSir,—In your issue of the 11th inst. Mr. Scaddan says that he wishes to help the unemployed, and in the same issue there is a letter from a gentleman complaining of ...
Article : 1,887 wordsThe bodies of eight additional men killed by the explosion at Ralph's mine. Huntley, on Saturday, were brought to the surface to-day. Their names are:—Wm. ...
Article : 253 wordsThe following is quoted from the latest issue of the "Civil Service Journal":—"Immediately it became known that the Empire was at war, the air became thick ...
Article : 590 wordsThe Prime Minister's patriotic fund amounts to about £100,000. After an uneventful passage, the R.M.S. Moana has arrived from San Francisco. ...
Article : 57 wordsThough it is seldom that the true proportions of a man's greatness are appreciable by his own countrymen and contemporaries, it is often possible to anticipate ...
Article : 1,019 wordsA sensational fight with a burglar is reported from Wanganui. Upon returning home at midnight Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose were surprised to find the house ransacked. ...
Article : 155 wordsRefusing his Name.—Joseph Parkes was charged with having refused his name and address of Police Constable Ford, and with having resisted that officer in the execution ...
Article : 242 wordsThere are some inventions the simplicity and utility of which are so apparent at the first glance that one wonders why they have not been thought of before (remarks ...
Article : 441 wordsOn Sunday morning the business premises of Messrs. Stubbs and Jeffrey were completely destroyed by fire. Fortunately there was no wind, and this enabled the ...
Article : 183 wordsMotor transport is playing an important part in the European war, the good roads of France, Belgium and Germany enabling motor traction to be used to an enormous ...
Article : 323 wordsThe latest report of the Essen Chamber of Commerce contains the customary information relating to the Krupp Works, and from this it is learned that in the business ...
Article : 342 wordsAlfred James Watson, a middle-aged man, was charged with having on August 28 unlawfully and indecently dealt with a girl under the age of 13 years. Evidence ...
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Advertising : 177 wordsHis Excellency the Governor (Chief Scout for Western Australia) when speaking at the gathering on the Esplanade on Sunday last, said that although war at any time ...
Article : 490 wordsMr. W. L. Ware, who has been vice-president of the South Australian Rowing Association for a number of years, has been elected president of that body. Mr. Ware ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 15 Sep 1914, Page 8
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